Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1887-09-16

had enough TO mako Fred and myscl
and our two silent partners in Mel
bourne comfortable for life. We wer,
very reticcnt about our good fortune
and fear told good many lies tC
conceal it from tho rest of the camp
We divided our hoard into two cqua
parts, and buried them in two separate
corners of the tent, adding to them day
by day until at last we concluded wc't
had enough, and spoke of an early re-
turn to Melbourne and comparative civ
ilization.
Thcn--shall I ever forget the grici
and horror of that sultry morning whcr
we each of us awoke with split
ting head staring stupidly
at the two empty carthcrr
pitchers, that lay bottom upwards, tell.
ing us we were once again ns penni-
less ns when we reached tho camp.
The thief, whoever he was, had per-
formed his work we'll; he hud chloro-
formed us both us we lay sleeping, and
had then ruthlcssly rillcd our store.
"lts all because the little girl left
us" moancd Fred, with gloomy super
stition, "I know we could have no luck
after she went away, leaving her gold
behind her rs she did, poor child. "
But we had to work to live, and in VIC
started anew Fred was right. how
ever. Our luck seemed to vanish, and
three months more of killing labor
found lis gaunt, haggard and cmnciatcd
wrecks, with perhaps $50 worth of gold
at the outside.
Then Fred and / again cried out
we'd had enough; so we pulled stakes
and rode out of camp one quiet night,
resolved that we had seen our last of
gold-digging. Poor Fred, gaunt and
wan, with great beard flowing over
the place where his collar should have
been, never uttered II word as with
bowed head h. cantcrcd briskly along
ut my side, and l myself did not feel
much like conversation.
Well, We were riding quietly along
two evenings after that. good hun
drcd miles on our journey, when we
heard the lightning hoof-bcats of n
madly-galloping horse behind us. The
rider shot by us like cannon-bnll and
was lost in the gloom ahead of us be-
fore we had time to recover from our
astonishmcnt. But the next instant
there rang out fearful cry-a cry in
which longing and despair were about
equally blended, and-wonder of won
dcrs-it was in shrllness and intensity
very like n woman 5 cry!
Squirting our animals to gallop we
dashed ahead, and drew rein beside n
confused mass of dying horscilcsh, over
which stood the lonely traveller. A
glance was enough to tell us it was our
little guest of the camp.
She recognized us in moment. and
in the fast-gathcring darkness l again
saw the old hunted look that the brief
camp-life had partially chased away
come into her mournful eyes. She
stretched out her hands with cry of
JOY. "Oh, friends, not moment" she
walled, "thoy are after me! They
must not, must not take me. There
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